2d ago

15,000 churches could close this year amid religious shift in U.S.

www.axios.com

Just a moment...

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Good.
If I made the rules, I would require all churches to provide beds and food to those in need, or else start paying taxes. But converting theee unused churches into affordable housing would be good too.
Oh no, Less child rapists being hidden? What are they going to do now?
I absolutely LOVE this part of the article:
Why it matters: The unprecedented contraction, expected to continue over the next decade, risks leaving gaps in communities nationwide — particularly rural ones, where churches often are crucial providers of food aid, child care and disaster relief.
Not a damned thing related to religion itself! FINALLY, people are realizing "the truth" is a fucking scam!
- providers of food aid, child care and disaster relief.
  There is no practical reason preventing those functions being done by secular organizations.
  
  The government should be doing it.
  
  Or the government
  
  Agreed. I don't know why it even needs to be said that the obvious solution to this is turning the empty churches into community centers.
Finally some good news. Less indoctrination cults. Less child diddling.
You don't need some diety in the clouds to tell you to be a good person or you'll burn for all eternity-- just be a good person!
- Alternatively, if the only thing stopping a paedophile, rapist or murderer from grooming, sexually assaulting or killing is a special book, let them keep the book
  
  All that book does is give them something to hide behind while they pretend to be a "good Christian"
  
  The sad reality is it seems it does not
Good riddance.
Watch MAGA squirm.
- It'll just feed their persecution complex.
- They’ll be in their stadium seated churches, those aren’t the ones closing I think.
whoever buy does spaces will have to pay property taxes
- Seems they'll have to make whoever buys them a good deal anyway:
  Burge said that as a result, many communities are left with empty church buildings that can be difficult to sell because they often are next to historic cemeteries.
- This fits into Killing in the Name and I don't like it
Old Christian churches can easily be converted into crossfit gyms

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